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president, and he says taxes. at some point, you have to think of something else as a solution to problems. going down that route is damming to the economy and does not address the budgetary pressures. gerri: steve forbes, to youis it damaging the economy? >> no, it's the first good news for the economy in a long time in the sense it's not taking resources out of the economy. where does the government get money? from you, either through taxing, borrowing, or printing money, another form of taxation. the president thinks taking resources from the productive people and putting it in the hands of bureaucrats. it's a little small piece of go news we've had. gerri: for the stock market, it's good news. a couple very good days this week. >> it's like the bad wife syndrome, beating stops for awhile, oh, my goodness, this is not bad. [laughter] gerri: funniest thing i heard all day. the president was just full of good statements today in the press. he said something about not being a dictator, grover, getting you to respo
president, and he says taxes. at some point, you have to think of something else as a solution to problems. going down that route is damming to the economy and does not address the budgetary pressures. gerri: steve forbes, to youis it damaging the economy? >> no, it's the first good news for the economy in a long time in the sense it's not taking resources out of the economy. where does the government get money? from you, either through taxing, borrowing, or printing money, another form...
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there is a payroll tax increase, which is hurting at of individual americans this year. we've had a sequester, which is hurting spending too. we know that this is slowing the economy. you know, if you've got somebody who's 300 pounds overweight, you know, you know they should be thinner, but you need to do it gradually. and we need to bring these deficits down gradually. so bring them down gradually -- >> how gradually do you want to do that, though? how gradually -- we have added $7 trillion to our publicly traded debt since the great recession began in december of 2007. that's an increase of -- >> we are getting off of the subject, gentleman. we are getting off of the subject. i understand this passionate debate, though, because the debt and deficit has been -- >> it's key to the future of our economy, that's for sure. >> for sure. dani, bring us a little more shorter term. not necessarily this long-term debt and deficit story, which is going to be with us for a long time. >> eventually, we're going to pay the price. but the hope is that we'll pay the price over time,
there is a payroll tax increase, which is hurting at of individual americans this year. we've had a sequester, which is hurting spending too. we know that this is slowing the economy. you know, if you've got somebody who's 300 pounds overweight, you know, you know they should be thinner, but you need to do it gradually. and we need to bring these deficits down gradually. so bring them down gradually -- >> how gradually do you want to do that, though? how gradually -- we have added $7...
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it is a tax. and the chief justice says it must be too low, and if you raise it enough to be effective it is no longer a tax and the whole thing is unconstitution al. the only way that you can collect it is if you apply for a refund otherwise uncollectible. >> when we come back the lessons from election 2013 has it changed the strategy from oath parties. if hey breathing's hard.me, know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells
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start with business taxes. there is is a lot of con ken us is among democrats and republicans to simplify the code, reduce rates. so start with that see if you can build momentum with that but the president has got to make it clear. he will go along with a deal even if he doesn't get everything he wants. because people are not going to put their political necks out. they think it's going to be hopped off at the white house. >> you mentioned the tax code. 3300 different provisions earmarked so however you want to characterize them. how much does the tax code really give a headache to you for making your business go? >> i have to be honest. i trust professionals. when people ask about obamacare. the bottom line for me is i know my healthcare went up 18.25%. i don't think half the people again in washington read it all. >> you know what? i don't think there is a single person on capitol hill who does his or her own taxes. self-defense because you want to be able to say if something went wrong it's tax preparer. en
start with business taxes. there is is a lot of con ken us is among democrats and republicans to simplify the code, reduce rates. so start with that see if you can build momentum with that but the president has got to make it clear. he will go along with a deal even if he doesn't get everything he wants. because people are not going to put their political necks out. they think it's going to be hopped off at the white house. >> you mentioned the tax code. 3300 different provisions...
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you need tax reform, in my view, corporate pad taxes are too high in the competitive world we're in. get those issues in front of them and then deal with the spending issues, which primarily are in medicare-medicaid and some of the other domestic -- >> how should people feel when they read this john boehner interview where he said the president said, we don't have a spending problem. how should people feel about that? >> if he said that, there's no way to agree with that. look, we're spending 24 percent of gdp and we're taking in 16%. we've got a spending problem. part of the spending problem is the recession that we've been in. the thing you've got to remember all of this has to be designed to get strong economic growth. the goal is not to cut spending or deal with the deficit. those are vehicles to get to the main goal getting the economy to grow at a faster rate. >> it is possible for someone to look at what he thinks government should provide for its citizens and it is possible to believe that 25% of gdp should be spent on government services. it is possible that he believes that
you need tax reform, in my view, corporate pad taxes are too high in the competitive world we're in. get those issues in front of them and then deal with the spending issues, which primarily are in medicare-medicaid and some of the other domestic -- >> how should people feel when they read this john boehner interview where he said the president said, we don't have a spending problem. how should people feel about that? >> if he said that, there's no way to agree with that. look,...
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, cut business taxes $2.3 billion. reform teacher tenure. these are all things we got done and in new jersey with a democratic legislature got them done in a bipartisan way. what i was saying on tuesday night is that you can govern with the principles that i have reforming tenure, cutting budgets. we spend less in fiscal 14 than we spent in fiscal 08 in actual dollars. we did this in a bipartisan way working across the aisle and getting things done. that's what people in new jersey want. i think the election results show from last tuesday and that's what people across the country i think want as well. >> governor if, and i know it's an if, you do run for president you're first going to have to win the republican nomination and the knock against you is that you're not conservative enough. let's do a lightning round, quick questions, quick answers on some of your positions. first of all, do you still favor comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship? >> what i favor is fixing a broken system. the fac
, cut business taxes $2.3 billion. reform teacher tenure. these are all things we got done and in new jersey with a democratic legislature got them done in a bipartisan way. what i was saying on tuesday night is that you can govern with the principles that i have reforming tenure, cutting budgets. we spend less in fiscal 14 than we spent in fiscal 08 in actual dollars. we did this in a bipartisan way working across the aisle and getting things done. that's what people in new jersey want. i...
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you can't tax your way out of this baby and you can't grow your way out. neil: radically changing if anything, syria -- the best it does with this situation is prevent a government shutdown because in the midst of what could be threatening hostilities, why would anyone want to shut the government down, why would anyone want to cut military spending and we are getting into serious fights on these fiscal matters. >> i think it can shut down the government and i've never seen such a nasty bunch of people in my life. the social security checks and the veterans tax and shutting down the government but i think it's doubled as the little guy. neil: is not something that we always are able to avoid. so you're saying we should avoid this. >> yes, what a task he has with at least 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 guys that, well, i am a republican, but they think i'm a commie. neil: well, you are come unto? [applause] >> well, i dropped that. i was once at the aclu, but nobody knows that. neil: now with the aarp. >> that's right, now i'm an honorary member. [laughter] neil: than
you can't tax your way out of this baby and you can't grow your way out. neil: radically changing if anything, syria -- the best it does with this situation is prevent a government shutdown because in the midst of what could be threatening hostilities, why would anyone want to shut the government down, why would anyone want to cut military spending and we are getting into serious fights on these fiscal matters. >> i think it can shut down the government and i've never seen such a nasty...
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it is a tax. the chief justice says it is a tax because it must be too low to count it as a tax and not a penalty. if you raise it to be effective it is no longer a tax. it is a penalty and the whole thing is unconstitutional. >> the only way it can be collected is if you apply for a refund. otherwise uncollectible and too small to make a difference. >> i'm glad we cleared that up. we have to take a break here but when we come back the lessons from election 2013. has it changed the strategy of both parties for 2014 and 2016? >>> we don't show up in the places that vote for us a lot. we show up in the places that vote for us a little. we don't just show up in the places that are comfortable. we show up in the places where we're uncomfortable. >> new jersey chris christie touting his path forward for the g.o.p. i'm back with the panel. i was struck by how mellow chris christie was today. whitewhile i didn't see the others, he appeared on four sunday shows this morning to say folks in d.c. should wat
it is a tax. the chief justice says it is a tax because it must be too low to count it as a tax and not a penalty. if you raise it to be effective it is no longer a tax. it is a penalty and the whole thing is unconstitutional. >> the only way it can be collected is if you apply for a refund. otherwise uncollectible and too small to make a difference. >> i'm glad we cleared that up. we have to take a break here but when we come back the lessons from election 2013. has it changed the...
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the alternative will be to raise taxes or resend the benefits. so something is going to have to happen. the law as it is currently written can't stay the way it is. >> so you think 37 million people will qualify for this. is it your sense that a lot of them will do it, in other words, choose the federal government subsidy. >> i think especially the first year -- people are used to having insurance through their employer, i don't think all 37 million will switch over. but it might be more than the 7 million that the government currently anticipated, in which case the cost of obamacare will go way up for the government. >> very interesting study. thanks very much for joining us. joy is the university professor of medicine at stanford. >>> here is some news about twitter that i can tweet in three characters, i, p,o. i'll tell you what it means and whether you should even think about buying stock. ♪ >>> i have been talking to you about all of the exciting things th happening in tech this week. on thursday twitter tweeted that it submitted paperwork
the alternative will be to raise taxes or resend the benefits. so something is going to have to happen. the law as it is currently written can't stay the way it is. >> so you think 37 million people will qualify for this. is it your sense that a lot of them will do it, in other words, choose the federal government subsidy. >> i think especially the first year -- people are used to having insurance through their employer, i don't think all 37 million will switch over. but it might be...
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it is a tax. the chief justice says it is a tax because it must be too low to count it as a tax and not a penalty. if you raise it to be effective it is no longer a tax. it is a penalty and the whole thing is unconstitutional. >> the only way it can be collected is if you apply for a refund. otherwise uncollectible and too small to make a difference. >> i'm glad we cleared that up. we have to take a break here but when we come back the lessons from election 2013. has it changed the strategy of both parties for 2014 i'm angela, and i didn't think i could quit smoking but chantix helped me do it. i told my doctor i think i'm... i'm ready. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. i knew that i could smoke for the first 7 days. i knew that i wasn't putting nicotine back into my body to try to quit. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and su
it is a tax. the chief justice says it is a tax because it must be too low to count it as a tax and not a penalty. if you raise it to be effective it is no longer a tax. it is a penalty and the whole thing is unconstitutional. >> the only way it can be collected is if you apply for a refund. otherwise uncollectible and too small to make a difference. >> i'm glad we cleared that up. we have to take a break here but when we come back the lessons from election 2013. has it changed the...
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they can access tax credits and benefiting for choice and competition. but obviously we didn't do a good enough job in terms of how we crafted the law. that's something that i regret. that's something that we are going to do everything we can to get fixed. in the meantime. >> that sound like you are supportive of this legislation, the various things that are out there? >> we are looking at a range of options. one thing i want to emphasize though, chuck. everybody is acting as if the existing market was working. fact of the matter is that a whole lot of people who are in this individual market who are big health care on their own, not getting it through their employer, they might be happy with it this year, and then suddenly next year the cost got jacked up by 15%, 20%. the average increase on premiums in this individual market for somebody who kept their health care for a while, average increase was double digits. if they actually got sick and used the insurance they might find the next year their premiums had gone up or insurer may have dropped them alt
they can access tax credits and benefiting for choice and competition. but obviously we didn't do a good enough job in terms of how we crafted the law. that's something that i regret. that's something that we are going to do everything we can to get fixed. in the meantime. >> that sound like you are supportive of this legislation, the various things that are out there? >> we are looking at a range of options. one thing i want to emphasize though, chuck. everybody is acting as if the...
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you can get tax-free money from the equity in your home. you can use the money to pay off your current mortgage if you have one. the remaining money can be used for anything. there's no monthly mortgage payments. and you still own your home! call today to get your free guide and dvd. it explains how a government-insured reverse mortgage works. there's no obligation. one reverse mortgage is a quicken loans company. their licensed experts can answer all your questions. call to find out what a great solution this can be. don't wait, call now! neil: as soon as they heard the news, tea parties had had it with a republican leader that if it is not only ignoring him, but locally by passing them and they are not happy about it. this news that the speakers working with democrats. what you make of these latest developments? >> do and i have been talking about this and he is fundamentally out of step with the vast majority of people. i told you i before the elections in 2010 america want a leadership and john boehner represents the washington dc rulin
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inflation is a tax. you lower the inflation rate, that's a cut. oil is a tax. i know the retail stuff is disappointing and dominic's reporting is accurate. on the other hand, the economy is growing at 2%, 2.5%. profits are rising, interest rates are low. you're not going to have the fed slow down in bond buying until march. that's my message from today's retail sales. >> i agree with you. the last part you mentioned is the most important of all. what's really spurred the stock market has been janet yellen. we're going to get a continuation of bernanke's policies and at least for the near term possibly even an acceleration -- at least versus expectations. people who thought taper was going to be in september, that obviously didn't happen. i don't think taper is happening imminently. spring at the earliest. that's enough probably to keep assets going. having said that, you want to be in careful places. go-go momentum stocks have seen drops -- >> we should be going through and parsing this out. but i'm an index guy. i know i'm not smart enough -- dom dominic, the
inflation is a tax. you lower the inflation rate, that's a cut. oil is a tax. i know the retail stuff is disappointing and dominic's reporting is accurate. on the other hand, the economy is growing at 2%, 2.5%. profits are rising, interest rates are low. you're not going to have the fed slow down in bond buying until march. that's my message from today's retail sales. >> i agree with you. the last part you mentioned is the most important of all. what's really spurred the stock market has...
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taxes aren't a friend of ours. back to pensions. a lot of people hit us hard on, we had a liability because of operation twist. that was about a billion four because of the discount rating coming down when the fed took their action. with rates going back up, we reduced that by about 30 cents year round, so that's a huge differential for us as we go forward. >> and also, just on the revenue growth, which i think is so important. this is the seventh quarter in a row now that you've had organic revenue? >> we've got 100% of the fortune 100. >> financial. for all products. >> all products. 60,000 customers. we're in 37 countries and touch 14 different time zones. all the things from going from a printer to print services to global communications provider is taking place and starting to come together. >> now, do these old fashioned printers, with the phone books you've got here, is it just because people don't know the new donnelly does it pay to get rid of the old and just focus on the new? >> our print service offering is going to be k
taxes aren't a friend of ours. back to pensions. a lot of people hit us hard on, we had a liability because of operation twist. that was about a billion four because of the discount rating coming down when the fed took their action. with rates going back up, we reduced that by about 30 cents year round, so that's a huge differential for us as we go forward. >> and also, just on the revenue growth, which i think is so important. this is the seventh quarter in a row now that you've had...
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they gave us a sales tax and they said that would cut property taxes than in the past income tax. all that income tax and sales tax money is poured into a big black hole in newark. the biggest portion of our income tax dollars goes to newark new jersey. when america's small-town fights to get that money back which we were told we would have for property tax relief, that is my job. every mayor and councilman in the state of new jersey knows that. >> he was the mayor of a city that had financial stability and then when he ran the budget into a ditch and had no way of balancing its budget he ran into jon john jon corzine for what was called extraordinary aid a bailout for his city in the small town of bogota. i inherited a 700 million budget we not only balanced a budget and cleaned up our books and shrunk the size of our government that gave tax breaks of $1000 to each person. one mayor who ran the city into a ditch and had -- ditch and had to ask for bailout >> mr. booker dan raises a question about crime in newark. earlier in attended a number of murders fell dramatically but they
they gave us a sales tax and they said that would cut property taxes than in the past income tax. all that income tax and sales tax money is poured into a big black hole in newark. the biggest portion of our income tax dollars goes to newark new jersey. when america's small-town fights to get that money back which we were told we would have for property tax relief, that is my job. every mayor and councilman in the state of new jersey knows that. >> he was the mayor of a city that had...
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they were forced to put another proposal that had no chance of limiting the tax that some argue was crony capitalism and he yanked that and the health care was back. he also rolled back the government funding. they somehow believed they would get a last chance to fight or slow down. the health care law and the mandate before it went into effect on january 1st, but conservatives were not satisfied with that either. then the group and the states oppose the plan and nobody knew what the heck the plan was at that time. whatever it was, lawmakers said they would vote against it. it was clear that it was dead. this morning the house looks completely incompetent, disorganized and chaotic and we have been thrown back into the same cycle, over and over again. the national review is all over. boehner will bring a bill that passes the democratic vote and we will be left with whether boehner survives as a speaker. president obama weighed in by talking with new york and told them this. the problem that weave got is that for speaker boehner, it's not good for the extreme faction. it weakens them. there
they were forced to put another proposal that had no chance of limiting the tax that some argue was crony capitalism and he yanked that and the health care was back. he also rolled back the government funding. they somehow believed they would get a last chance to fight or slow down. the health care law and the mandate before it went into effect on january 1st, but conservatives were not satisfied with that either. then the group and the states oppose the plan and nobody knew what the heck the...
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a half dozen leaders of conservative groups, testifying on capitol hill, clearing the air about a tax agency they say unfairly singled them out and some democrats tried to paint them as the problem. emotional testimony today. a group was asked to fill out, among the long list of irs questions and spent nearly two years, two years, fighting for tax exempt status. becky is with us now. you brought down the house, young lady. man, oh, man, visiting testimony. -- about. >> neil: 90. >> after we filled out a complete mix. >> give me some examples. >> they wanted our donor's names, how much the donationses were, 501(c)(4)s do not have to disclose that information. why the irs doesn't now that is beyond me. they wanted us to identify our volunteer names, they wanted contact of all the forms of communication that we have ever had with any legislative body, including my open representatives. they wanted copies of all speeches, who the speakers were and what their credentials were, and that's just a sampling. >> neil: what did you do? i'm sure you consulted lawyers or other group members, is it
a half dozen leaders of conservative groups, testifying on capitol hill, clearing the air about a tax agency they say unfairly singled them out and some democrats tried to paint them as the problem. emotional testimony today. a group was asked to fill out, among the long list of irs questions and spent nearly two years, two years, fighting for tax exempt status. becky is with us now. you brought down the house, young lady. man, oh, man, visiting testimony. -- about. >> neil: 90. >>...
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tax. and i would make the case, one of the reasons colorado has been a high growth state over the last 30 years is precisely because they've had a very, you know, sound economic tax system. that's in jeopardy now. >> the flat tax is 4.6% or so on. all income levels. but if this passes it would move up to five or certain taxpayers and then 5.9% i think it is for people above $75,000 a year. but then, what's happened in the states that get rid of the flat tax, is it makes it easier to raise taxes again and again. >> right. just ask people in illinois, or ask people in states like new jersey and new york. you're exactly right. it won't be long before that rate goes up to 8%, 9% or 10% in my opinion if they pass this resolution. i don't think it's going to pass. i think the people in colorado are going to vote it down. >> if i could add, paul, what all this money is supposed to fund is more pre-k and full-day kindergarten. the evidence is not there that this improves educational outcomes. even
tax. and i would make the case, one of the reasons colorado has been a high growth state over the last 30 years is precisely because they've had a very, you know, sound economic tax system. that's in jeopardy now. >> the flat tax is 4.6% or so on. all income levels. but if this passes it would move up to five or certain taxpayers and then 5.9% i think it is for people above $75,000 a year. but then, what's happened in the states that get rid of the flat tax, is it makes it easier to raise...
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anniversary of the 16th amendment which gave congress the right to levee a federal personal income tax. this was the first form for filers. when the filing deadline was march 1st instead of april 15th and the top tax rate was, get this, 6 f% on incomes over $500,000. the first act was only 15 pages long. today the tax code has grown just a bit to more than 73,000 pages with all of the rulings and regulations. now, we can't get rates back to the 1913 levels, but can't we try to get back to something simple, straight forward and honest that would, once again, fit on 15 pages? the current answer to our gps challenge question was, "c," the new york fed says at last check there was 6,700 tons of gold in their vault. that is more than a half million bars of the stuff and by our cal klgzs, that's more than $300 billion worth of gold sitting below street level in lower manhattan. all of it is owned by either the u.s. government, foreign governments or the fed's fellow central banks, none by the fed itself. by the way, storage is free, but you have to pay to move your gold in and out. so, we'll
anniversary of the 16th amendment which gave congress the right to levee a federal personal income tax. this was the first form for filers. when the filing deadline was march 1st instead of april 15th and the top tax rate was, get this, 6 f% on incomes over $500,000. the first act was only 15 pages long. today the tax code has grown just a bit to more than 73,000 pages with all of the rulings and regulations. now, we can't get rates back to the 1913 levels, but can't we try to get back to...
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read my lips, no new taxes. this one of those moments for him. >> i want to ask you, given the way this was developed, kathleen sebelius couldn't house the people working on the website in her office because of various fears regarding partisan political environment, funding, a host of issues. are you more confident the system they have in place now, the folks they are bringing in, the outside consultants are going to have an easier, less thorny time unraveling problems with this website they would have had six months ago? it seems the climate around the aca was no less heated than it was preelection. >> there's no question they obviously have a better management in place, property back jeffrey zients, former director, quite capable, president is involved, getting nightly briefings on it. there's no question they have a more concerted focus and better management structure for getting this done. whether they will actually fix the website by the end of november remains to be seen because it is such a formidable tas
read my lips, no new taxes. this one of those moments for him. >> i want to ask you, given the way this was developed, kathleen sebelius couldn't house the people working on the website in her office because of various fears regarding partisan political environment, funding, a host of issues. are you more confident the system they have in place now, the folks they are bringing in, the outside consultants are going to have an easier, less thorny time unraveling problems with this website...
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they gave us a sales tax and said that would cut property taxes. and they pass an income tax. all that income tax and sales tax money gets poured into big black hole of new works -- the big black hole of newark. it goes to newark, new jersey. when the mayor of a small town fights to get the money back, which we were told we were going to have for property taxes, that is my job. every mayor and every councilman in the state knows that. >> may i respond? he was the mayor of the city that had plans for stability. when he ran the budget into a ditch and had no way of balancing his budget, he ran to jon corzine for what we would call extraordinary aid, a bailout for his city. what i did was i inherited a budget, a$700 million huge budget deficit, and we not only cleaned our books and shrunk the size of our government, but we gave tax breaks of $1000 to each person. city intowho ran his a ditch ask for a bailout. another one cleaned up finances. >> let's get out of the ditch and move on to jonathan. dan from our, austin raises a question about crime in newark. early in your tenure,
they gave us a sales tax and said that would cut property taxes. and they pass an income tax. all that income tax and sales tax money gets poured into big black hole of new works -- the big black hole of newark. it goes to newark, new jersey. when the mayor of a small town fights to get the money back, which we were told we were going to have for property taxes, that is my job. every mayor and every councilman in the state knows that. >> may i respond? he was the mayor of the city that...
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then they demanded to change the tax on medical devices, the tax on medical devices. no. can we change the treasury department's rules so that the next crisis we have is even worse than this because they have no flexibility to move the money around. that's what we want. no can get guarantees of income verification for certain low-income people who get subsidies for their health insurance under obama care? yes. yes, you can have that one. keep that one here. that is already in the obama care law. it's already the law, so yes you can have it. also bestow the name thursday on the day that comes after wednesday, if you like. the income verification thing that they won is already in obama care. so, yes, you can have that. you enjoy that. of all the other long, arcane, improvised, constantly changing list of demands that the republicans have come up with on their long, weird, ever-changing ransom note that they kept writing and rewriting, they did not exactly remember when or have any demands can be. the entire list of things they demanded in exchange for reopening the governme
then they demanded to change the tax on medical devices, the tax on medical devices. no. can we change the treasury department's rules so that the next crisis we have is even worse than this because they have no flexibility to move the money around. that's what we want. no can get guarantees of income verification for certain low-income people who get subsidies for their health insurance under obama care? yes. yes, you can have that one. keep that one here. that is already in the obama care...
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when you focus on the gas tax, it's a hidden tax. they have no idea how much is included in a gallon of gas. when they hear what it's supposed to be committed to, improving their infrastructure, their traffic congestion, improving roads and bridges, which are woefully behind a decade or more in their disrepair, the government takes that extra gas tax money and infrastructure money and diverts it into anything it wants to. the problem most americans have with government spending is simple, they don't believe what you promise to spend it on is where it ends up. when they hear $50 billion of infrastructure, they're going to -- >> they're going to go nuts. >> you just agreed with her but she just contradicted you. >> we're open-minded people. >> this is not a tax increase. this is let's spend the money -- >> it's a spending increase which americans don't like. >> it's a spending increase. i object to this because every year -- if you talk to the guys on the transportation committees, austan, as i have, they are for infrastructure improve
when you focus on the gas tax, it's a hidden tax. they have no idea how much is included in a gallon of gas. when they hear what it's supposed to be committed to, improving their infrastructure, their traffic congestion, improving roads and bridges, which are woefully behind a decade or more in their disrepair, the government takes that extra gas tax money and infrastructure money and diverts it into anything it wants to. the problem most americans have with government spending is simple, they...
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then they demanded to change the tax on medical devices, the tax on medical devices. no. can we change the treasury department's rules so that the next crisis we have is even worse than this because they have no flexibility to move the money around. that's what we want. no can get guarantees of income verification for certain low-income people who get subsidies for their health insurance under obama care? yes. yes, you can have that one. keep that one here. that is already in the obama care law. it's already the law, so yes you can have it. also bestow the name thursday on the day that comes after wednesday, if you like. the income verification thing that they won is already in obama care. so, yes, you can have that. you enjoy that. of all the other long, arcane, improvised, constantly changing list of demands that the republicans have come up with on their long, weird, ever-changing ransom note that they kept writing and rewriting, they did not exactly remember when or have any demands can be. the entire list of things they demanded in exchange for reopening the governme
then they demanded to change the tax on medical devices, the tax on medical devices. no. can we change the treasury department's rules so that the next crisis we have is even worse than this because they have no flexibility to move the money around. that's what we want. no can get guarantees of income verification for certain low-income people who get subsidies for their health insurance under obama care? yes. yes, you can have that one. keep that one here. that is already in the obama care...
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can be safer to play in the benefit of tax revenue. >> if you look at the revenue, talking about taxing at a rate of 15%, it could cover the revenue could be increased to $300 million of reading in the first year. the only thing about it, there is not a lot of positive social value. even though you are getting that tax revenue, do you think overall t is worth it? >> people made this same argument about broadcast television. started that. melissa: no, no. that is not the same argument. i am saying that you are turning people into a degenerate gamblers and they're home as opposed to the doing something else. encouraging gambling in your home, there is not a positive social benefit to gambling in home. a lot of great tax revenue, but i don't know that that is necessarily the externalities' are great. >> raw umber, government cannot legislate morality. it is not a benefit that we -- a business that we manage well. people are engaging -- people are engaging in this activity illegally now. we would hope that those who choose to gamble, whether it be on line or visit one of our world-class cas
can be safer to play in the benefit of tax revenue. >> if you look at the revenue, talking about taxing at a rate of 15%, it could cover the revenue could be increased to $300 million of reading in the first year. the only thing about it, there is not a lot of positive social value. even though you are getting that tax revenue, do you think overall t is worth it? >> people made this same argument about broadcast television. started that. melissa: no, no. that is not the same...
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in the state of colorado, a comfortable vote on establishing tax policies on this. i think this country is shifting in a whole bunch of ways -- >> it's the biggest change in public opinion since marriage equality. >> and democrats need to wrap their head around that. >> i think the takeaway is the populous is looking for solutions. so many people are tired with the inability of government to solve big problems. so when you look here in new york city at the vision of mayor elect de blasio. and how he wants to tackle income inequality. where in manhattan the poor has 25% have $9,000 or less. it's staggering. to come up with an approach to that and to come up with an approach to provide early education for 3-year-olds to 5-year-olds, it's big picture thinking. i think people are desperate for solution. >> the people for the expansion in virginia. seeing a tangible change because of politics. in their lives they are going to get, hopefully, the health care that they need. that's the big winner in my book. steve kornacki host of "up" on msnbc weekends at 8:00 a.m. easter
in the state of colorado, a comfortable vote on establishing tax policies on this. i think this country is shifting in a whole bunch of ways -- >> it's the biggest change in public opinion since marriage equality. >> and democrats need to wrap their head around that. >> i think the takeaway is the populous is looking for solutions. so many people are tired with the inability of government to solve big problems. so when you look here in new york city at the vision of mayor...
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small income people we we wanted to give them a reduction in other types of taxes like income tax and that type of. so a subsidy. was not allowed in the european union we had to go to the court and we lost the case but yes we still continue with cover an outside tax but it's a little bit different it's not so. so large it's more targeted i would say on biofuels and electricity from the time you first implemented it through its full implementation before changing as a result of being part of the e.u. are i'm curious what sort of results you saw from that carbon tax been in place and and how has it is a continuing to work that way now. yes it continues to work like these. companies have got used to that citizens have got used to that we do understand that during the circumstances of today everybody should be available to do reviews the amount of carbon dioxid that we release and. besides energy efficiency measures we have already to have carbon taxes and. our government people like our minister for. european affairs and trade has been. proposing these tax also to be used in the european
small income people we we wanted to give them a reduction in other types of taxes like income tax and that type of. so a subsidy. was not allowed in the european union we had to go to the court and we lost the case but yes we still continue with cover an outside tax but it's a little bit different it's not so. so large it's more targeted i would say on biofuels and electricity from the time you first implemented it through its full implementation before changing as a result of being part of the...
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and after the plan b debacle, this is somebody weaker after his own caucus after the bush tax cuts deal. and now, i just don't know how he survives as a speaker in the future. >> well, it feels to me like the civil war within the republican party is perhaps deeper and more entrenched than we can see from the outside. and particularly, because we are so trained to think of the fault lines as primarily partisan, and to think about democrats and republicans as against one another. part of what happened in 2010, we talk about this a lot. when we talk about the fact there is a greater number of votes, a pretty substantial higher number of votes for house democrats and republicans. but the house republicans win again in 2012, in part because of the gerrymandering districts in 2010. but what that did is create problems for them in the party. creating a micro incentive for them, to keep going farther and farther to the right. more and more draconian, and the reason you had to pass the farm bill was because -- i mean, that is how the house worked, right? i give you a little something, you give m
and after the plan b debacle, this is somebody weaker after his own caucus after the bush tax cuts deal. and now, i just don't know how he survives as a speaker in the future. >> well, it feels to me like the civil war within the republican party is perhaps deeper and more entrenched than we can see from the outside. and particularly, because we are so trained to think of the fault lines as primarily partisan, and to think about democrats and republicans as against one another. part of...
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as part of that, you have to have tax reform and significant tax reform. and actually, simpson/bowles, a commission i served on, laid out a way to do it, got the tax rates down on the personal side to 9, 15 and 23% and the corporate to 26%. and you need to bring the corporate rate down to 24, 25, 26% and need to go to a territorial system. but you can't do that independent of the individual system, because if you have a huge gap between the top individual rate, say today it's at 42.5%, and if you took the corporate 25%, everybody started -- >> because then you have small business. small business got screwed at the expense of big businesses in the last tax bill. so you're right. so i -- look, i say, you're going to have big problems if you try to have a big personal and corporate together. i don't think it's possible. i don't know why you just can't do this. reform the corporate tax code. you can put limits on the deductions or -- i don't care. the president wants to do it. the republicans want to do it. just do it. but one exception. let small businessmen
as part of that, you have to have tax reform and significant tax reform. and actually, simpson/bowles, a commission i served on, laid out a way to do it, got the tax rates down on the personal side to 9, 15 and 23% and the corporate to 26%. and you need to bring the corporate rate down to 24, 25, 26% and need to go to a territorial system. but you can't do that independent of the individual system, because if you have a huge gap between the top individual rate, say today it's at 42.5%, and if...